Hi Composers’ Forum members, as you know, the 4 elements are earth, air, fire, and water. For this proposed contest, you will write a piece of music of no more than 2 minutes duration based on one of these elements. Any instrumentation, any style of music. If the contest is a go, I will give 3 months for interested composers to submit their entries to me, which I will then put up anonymously. Voting will be by the membership of this site. You can submit entries for more than one element. An MP3 or link to a soundcloud/youtube/etc will be necessary. A PDF of the score is highly desirable, but not required. In order for this contest to be a go, 10 composers need to express interest by Sunday, Jan. 21 at 5 pm EST. To express interest, reply to this thread or send me a message. Please indicate in your expression of interest what element or elements you think you might want to compose for (you can change this later). Please note that I do not need any music at this time, just an expression of interest. I have run these contests before, they are a lot of fun and a good way to get feedback about your music from your peers, hope you can join us!

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11th entry is in, thank you! Element Count: Earth - 6, Air - 5, Fire - 3, Water - 9. Deadline to submit your entry is 4/21/18 at 5 pm EST. Please see contest rules at the top of this site and if you have any additional questions, ask them here

12th entry is in, thanks! Element Count: Earth - 7, Air - 5, Fire - 3, Water - 9. Deadline to submit your entry is 4/21/18 at 5 pm EST. Please see contest rules at the top of this site and if you have any additional questions, ask them here

13th entry in, thanks! Element Count: Earth - 7, Air - 6, Fire - 3, Water - 9. Deadline to submit your entry is 4/21/18 at 5 pm EST. Please see contest rules at the top of this site and if you have any additional questions, ask them here

Two months have passed, one month remains to get your entry in for this contest! Deadline to submit your entry is 4/21/18 at 5 pm EST. Please see contest rules at the top of this site and if you have any additional questions, ask them here

Less than 2 weeks remain to submit your entry for the contest! I will be following up this mail with a message about how the voting will proceed after the deadline to submit entries has passed. Voting will be by the members of this site, and there will be prizes (details to come)! Element Count: Earth - 7, Air - 6, Fire - 3, Water - 9. Deadline to submit your entry is 4/21/18 at 5 pm EST. Please see contest rules at the top of this site and if you have any additional questions, ask them here

HOW VOTING WILL PROCEED - Voting will be by the members of this site. Each voter will be asked to select their #1, #2, and #3 entries for each element. For each #1 vote, I will give the entrant 3 points, for each #2 vote, 2 points, and for each #3 vote, 1 point. Whoever has the most points wins! The voting will be separated out by element, so there will be a total of 4 winners, 1st, and 2nd place finishers. There will be about 2 weeks allowed for the vote. While the voting is going on, entrants are asked not to publicize their pieces anywhere on this site. Element Count: Earth - 7, Air - 6, Fire - 3, Water - 9. Deadline for entrants to submit their entry is 4/21/18 at 5 pm EST. Questions? ask them here>

14th entry in, thank you! Element Count: Earth - 8, Air - 7, Fire - 4, Water - 10. Deadline to submit your entry is 4/21/18 at 5 pm EST. Please see contest rules at the top of this site and if you have any additional questions, ask them here

15th entry in, thanks! Element Count: Earth - 9, Air - 7, Fire - 5, Water - 10. Deadline to submit your entry is 4/21/18 at 5 pm EST. Please see contest rules at the top of this site and if you have any additional questions, ask them here